Mount Byron, Queensland

Mount Byron is a rural locality and a mountain in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Mount Byron
Queensland
Paddocks along Mount Byron Road, 2015
Mount Byron
Coordinates27°8′54″S 152°41′4″E
Postcode(s)4312
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Byron:
Westvale Mount Archer Mount Mee
Crossdale Mount Byron Mount Pleasant
Bryden Dundas Laceys Creek

The rugged terrain of the D'Aguilar Range in the east is protected within the D'Aguilar National Park. Mount Byron reaches elevations greater than 600 m above sea level. Lower elevations along Byron Creek, a tributary of the Stanley River, have been cleared of vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain.[1] Brown & Broad operated a timber sawmill at Mount Byron around 1912.[3] By 1923 Raymond & Hossack were also operating a timber mill in the area.[4][5] Mining operations commenced in 1918.[6] Mount Byron State School opened on 29 May 1919 and closed on 17 January 1930.[7][8][9] A large bushfire occurred in October 1926.[10]

References
  1. "Mount Byron (entry 44900)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. "Mount Byron (entry 5593)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. "Advertising". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 6 May 1913. p. 7 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. "ESK". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 23 October 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. "SOUTHERN DISTRICT". The Worker. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. "Esk Letter". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1918. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. Byron No.1668 State School "Series IDMount Byron No.1668 State School, 9 May 2014" Check |url= value (help). Queensland State Archives.
  8. "ESK". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 10 October 1923. p. 7 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. "ESK". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 18 June 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. "BUSH FIRES". The Northern Miner. Charters Towers, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2014.


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